GREAT INVENTIONS: Recycling the PASSIVE VOICE

DID YOU KNOW...

...the windscreen wipers were invented by a woman?

...penicillin was invented by Alexander Fleming although he didn't know how to make it into medicine?

• Which form do we use to give emphasis to the object of the sentence? Do you remember? How do we form it?

I've chosen the 5 Greatest Inventions in the history of the world, have a look at them:

• Which other new pieces of information have you found? Make comments such as "I didn't know that the Ball point pen was invented by..."

• Which other good inventions deserve to be part of this timeline? Add yours, or if you want, make your own timeline.